Psychological Development and Education ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (4): 488-496.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2023.04.04

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Children's Perception of Interparental Conflict and Anxiety: The Mediating Effect of Attention to Positive and Negative Information and the Moderating Effect of Gender

LI Tiantian, DONG Huiqin   

  1. Faculty of Education, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014
  • Published:2023-07-19

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Abstract: To explore the mediating effect of attention to positive and negative information in children's perception of interparental conflict and anxiety, as well as the moderating effect of gender on this mediating process, 1056 primary school students participated in the survey. The results showed that: (1) Children's perception of interparental conflict significantly positively predicted anxiety with the control of age, gender, noly-child and living place; (2) Attention to positive and negative information mediated the relationship between children's perception of interparental conflict and anxiety; (3) The first half path and second half path of the mediating effect of attention to negative information were moderated by gender. Therefore, children's perception of interparental conflict increased their anxiety by the attention to positive and negative information, and the mediating effect of attention to negative information was different in boys and girls.

Key words: children's perception of interparental conflict, anxiety, attention to positive and negative information, gender, children

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